HVAC and mechanical takeoff from your plan PDF
Portravo reads the mechanical sheets in your plan set, plus the floor plans and schedules that show where the baths, laundry and kitchen are. It counts the HVAC items it finds, sheet by sheet.
HVAC takeoff runs on its own: it starts as soon as you pay.
On the upload page, pick HVAC / mechanical from the trade list.
- One trade
- $75 one project
- Whole job
- $149 every trade, one project
- Plans
- from $199 a month
What it reads off the drawings
- Mechanical plan sheets: register, grille and equipment symbols.
- Printed labels on those sheets: CFM, RETURN and equipment names.
- Equipment schedules, including one printed on a plumbing or gas sheet.
- Floor plans and elevations for baths, laundry, kitchens, stoves, fireplaces and exhaust labels.
What you get back
A list of lines. Each line has the item, the quantity and unit, the count on each sheet, and where on the sheet it was found. A Check these list comes with it: where the readings disagreed, what was not found on the plans, and what a price assumes.
Confirm a line and it is priced, with local material prices where your area has them and the source and date on each price. Add your own labor rates, then export Excel for you and a clean PDF for the customer.
Equipmenteach
Furnaces, air handlers, condensers, heat pumps, thermostats, wood stoves and fireplaces
Registers and grilleseach
Supply registers and return grilles, split by the CFM printed on the plans
Ventilationeach
Bath and kitchen exhaust fans, range hoods, dryer vents, and one wall or roof cap per termination
Sample output
No public HVAC sample is posted yet. The lines above are the kinds of lines this takeoff delivers, not results from a real plan.
To see what a finished takeoff looks like, the electrical sample shows a real, openly licensed house plan with every count marked on the drawing, the Check these list and the priced estimate. Every trade comes back as the same kind of line list, with its own Check these list.
What you check
There is no published accuracy figure for HVAC takeoff yet. Every line comes to you open for review, and nothing is priced until you confirm it.
- Check each register and grille count against the sheet it cites.
- Check the exhaust caps. They are worked out from the rooms on the floor plans and checked against the exhaust labels on the elevations.
- Add the furnace, air handler or condenser from your supplier's quote.
What it does not do
- Ductwork is not taken off. Duct runs are read only to place the registers and equipment.
- Equipment is listed but not priced. The right unit depends on the load and your supplier.
- Flues, chimneys and hearths are not included with stoves and fireplaces.
Price and timing
- $75 for one trade on one project, or $149 for the whole job, every trade on one project. Two or more trades never cost more than the whole job.
- Monthly plans start at $199 for 5 takeoffs.
- HVAC takeoff runs on its own: it starts as soon as you pay.
- If a run cannot finish, our team finishes it by hand or refunds you in full.
- Your first takeoff has a 14-day money-back guarantee. Terms